"You'd better step outside for a moment..."
Even Armored Gorilla couldn't stand Mosquito Girl's rudeness anymore and pushed her straight outside.
"Sorry you had to see that."
Dr. Genus apologized. "I'll pour you another cup of tea."
"It's fine."
Bai Ye replied calmly.
"You came all this way to see us. Was there something you needed?"
By then, the takoyaki was ready. Dr. Genus asked Bai Ye as he arranged it on a plate.
"Nothing particularly important. I heard from my subordinates that you'd turned down their invitation, so I got curious and came to take a look. I was a little surprised to find you'd opened a takoyaki shop here."
Bai Ye gave him a rough account of the situation.
Hearing that, Dr. Genus immediately realized something. "I see. So that [Monster Association] they mentioned is your organization?"
"More or less..."
Bai Ye nodded slightly.
"Although I no longer want any part in the world's conflicts, since you've come in person, we can't very well turn you down."
Dr. Genus had instinctively assumed that Bai Ye had also come to invite them into the [Monster Association].
He hadn't even known the Monster Association existed before this, so he'd initially told Armored Gorilla to turn down the two monsters who had come to invite them. He hadn't expected the Monster Association to be connected to Bai Ye, which forced him to reconsider.
"No, no, Dr. Genus, you've misunderstood. Whether you join the Monster Association is entirely up to you. You don't need to do it for my sake."
Bai Ye immediately cleared up the misunderstanding.
"I see..."
Dr. Genus sank into thought.
He had never bothered trying to guess what other people were thinking. So-called emotional intelligence meant nothing to him, and he had always done things his own way